Pages

Monday, October 15, 2007

Another Thing Colleen Said...

"Blog every day! Or don't blog at all!"

And I thought, "Well, that's good advice."

Only, what if, like today, I don't have much to say?

I suppose I can just throw a little something up here, so when archaeologists find this blog in the future, they'll say, "Here was someone who was a consistent blogger. We can tell from the carbon dating of these entries that she started off a bit shaky, but she really did pull it together eventually."

Speaking of pulling it together eventually, I'm still hard at work on book four in the Blood Ties series. Which is fun and great and all of that, but revisions are HARD. All through the last quarter of the book, someone is crying on every page. Now, don't take that and go "Ooh, the last quarter of the book is sad! I bet Harry Potter dies in it," because that's not the case. People are crying for no particular reason sometimes. I think I was having some serious hormonal problems when I was writing that. It literally reads like every character in the book is six months pregnant: "I asked Nathan to pass the chips. He broke down, his back shaking with silent sobs as he handed the bowl to me." Obviously, not that ridiculous, but it seems that way as I'm proof reading it. My editor actually wrote "NO MORE CRYING!!!!" on one page. I'm surprised she didn't hang herself after reading this, because I'm getting close.

It always amazes me how much I don't remember about a book that I've written just a few months ago. I'm reading through this and finding things and going, "Wow, that is awesome! I can't believe I wrote that!" Or, alternately, "Wow, that is gross! I can't believe I wrote that."

Yes, you heard it here first, folks: Blood Ties Book Four: All Souls' Night has some of the grossest descriptions I've ever written. I'm not going to go into too much detail here, but toward the end of the book I almost made MYSELF sick when I read what I'd written.

Stephen King, watch out. I'm right on your ass in the gross out department over here.

New Short Story

New Release

Need a Beta Reader?

There was an error in this gadget

Flattr this blog

IMPORTANT!

I love that my readers want to buy my books out of support/curiosity. Any books I have written will be under Jennifer Armintrout/Abigail Barnette/Jenny Trout. I have no other pen names, and books without those names on them were not written by me, even if the spelling is really, really close.

Heads up, Dear Reader

This is the official blog of Jenny Trout, writer, swearer, and all around obscene person. Under the name Jennifer Armintrout, I wrote USA Today Bestselling fantasy/urban fantasy/paranormal romance. Under the pseudonym Abigail Barnette, I write award-winning romance and erotic romance, both historical and contemporary.

What you can expect to find here in 2013:

Chapter-by-chapter recaps of 50 Shades Freed

Updates on my free online erotic romance serial, The Boss

An in-depth re-watch of the entire series of Buffy the Vampire Slayer

The occasional post about cake

Lots of swearing

Comment policy

Say whatever you want, but if it's abusive, racist, misogynistic, or generally jerky, be prepared for other commenters to rip you apart. I am fully prepared to watch you guys eat each other. Spam comments will also be eaten, because I fucking love Spam.

Search This Blog

Follow this blog with your email, dear reader

Subscribe To

I'm mentally ill!

I suffer from depression, anxiety, OCD, OTD, and self-harm. Do you? Don't be embarrassed about it, okay? It's not your fault.

I find that when I'm down, I can stave off a total crash by listening to music. This is the music that helps me. Maybe it will help you, too. This is my "Get The @#$% Out Of Here, Depression!" playlist on Spotify.